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The Irish Department of Justice has today obtained a High Court order requiring telecoms companies to carry out mass surveillance of the entire population for one year, carrying over current illegal practice. This was done in a secret hearing, behind closed doors. 1/
IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 3A of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 (as inserted by Section 4 of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Act 2022), service providers retain data in all of the categories specified in Schedule 2 of the Act of 2011 as provided for in Section 3A(5)(a) and 3A(5)(b), and that this Order shall remain in force for a period of 12 months from the date of the making of this Order. Section 3A(6) of the Act requires notification of the order, including to service providers, as far as is practicable. (Notification to national media under the terms of the Act will also be done without delay). | hereby request that you would draw this to the attention of service providers without delay. As you will be aware, it has the effect of continuing the existing data retention practices of service providers. Yours sincerely,
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